Smithville First Baptist Church to Host Spring Community Day (VIEW VIDEO HERE)

February 22, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The Smithville First Baptist Church is hosting a Spring Community Day on Saturday, March 16th from 9 am to 1pm in the church’s Life Enrichment Center (gym).

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“Its four hours of service and love from our church to the community and we try to do this once per season. Several things will be going on at the same time,” said Church Pastor Chad Ramsey.

The event will feature a free yard sale, free health screenings, and free car washes. Free oil changes for single mothers and senior adults will also be offered by the church to be redeemed at the Napa Store in Smithville. You can call the church at 615-597-4275 to get more information and to schedule an oil change.

February 22, 2019
By: Suzanne Williams

The Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce recently elected their 2019 Chamber Executive Board Members, welcomed 6 new Chamber Board Members – five to replace the retiring board members and one to serve a 2-year term to replace a board member who moved – and said goodbye to retiring directors.

Chamber Director Suzanne Williams says, “As we begin a new year, it is very exciting to announce our new Chamber Executive Board and new board members, but also bittersweet as we say good-bye to our retiring members. The 2018 Executive Committee and Retiring Board Members did an excellent job and served the Chamber well.”

The 2018 Officers were Rita Bell, President; Beth Adcock, Vice-President; Jane Brown, Secretary; Sherry Harris, Treasurer; and Isaac Gray, Past President. Retiring Board Members include Isaac Gray, Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Steve Johnson, DTC Communications; Connie Tjarks, DeKalb Farmers Market, and Sherry Harris, D&S Special-tees.

The newly elected 2019 Chamber Executive Officers are as follows: Beth Adcock, Smithville Police Dept., is the new Chamber President. Lisa Cripps, DeKalb Prevention Coalition, was elected Vice-President. Jane Brown, Middle TN Natural Gas will serve as Chamber Board Secretary. Kathy Hendrixson, Director of the DeKalb County Library Systems, will be the Treasurer. Rita Bell, Haven of Hope, will serve as Past President.

New Board Members include Billie Davis, JBeez Watercraft/Canoe the Caney, Jen Sherwood, Federal Mogul; Norene Puckett, DeKalb Recovery Court; Leigh Fuson, DeKalb Extension/4-H; Josh Issac, DeKalb County Complex; and Kathy Hendrixson, DeKalb Library Systems.

Other Chamber Board Members include Dana Scott, Tenneco; Mark Taylor, Edgar Evins State Park; Lora Webb, The Webb House; Debra Ruzinsky, Appalachian Center for Craft; Tom Sturdivant, Pates Ford Marina/Fish Lipz Grill & Sligo Marina/Restaurant; and Andy Wachtel. Honorary Board Members are DeKalb County Mayor Tim Stribling, Smithville Mayor Josh Miller, Alexandria Mayor Bennett Armstrong, Dowelltown Mayor Pam Redmon, and Liberty Mayor Dwight Mathis.

Williams stated, “I am very grateful to the entire Chamber Board. They have been so supportive & enjoyable to work with, and we look forward to a lot of great opportunities in 2019, including some exciting new events!”

February 22, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The county budget committee will soon begin work preparing a spending plan for the 2019- 2020 fiscal year.

During an all-committees workshop of the county commission Thursday night, County Mayor Tim Stribling said budget forms have been sent out to all department administrators to be returned by February 28 with any requests they may have for the new budget year.

“After the forms have been returned we will set up some preliminary budget meetings to allow department heads to formally present their proposals to the budget committee if they wish to come in person and then we will start working on the new budget,” said Stribling.

Stribling shared with the Commissioners information on how much money the county is expected to receive from the current tax rate in the new fiscal year.

“I am required to inform the board of education, the director of schools, and the highway department by March 15 what the value of a penny is in DeKalb County,” Stribling said.

The overall tax rate is $1.8335 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.

The rate is distributed as follows:

County General: 0.9635 cents
General Purpose Schools: 0.6100 cents
Debt Service: 0.1300 cents
Highways/Public Works: 0.0300 cents
General Capital Projects: 0.1000 cents

Estimated revenue from the current property tax assessments for the 2019-20 fiscal year based upon estimated assessed valuations of $493,686,000 is $49,368 per one cent of the property tax rate. However the county is actually expected to receive $46,716 per one cent of the tax rate based on a 94.75% collection rate or a 5.25% delinquency.

The estimated net collection from the overall property tax rate is $8,576,517 in local revenue to help fund the county general department, general purpose schools, debt service, highways/public works, and general capital projects.

The net estimated local property tax collection for each department is as follows:

County General: $4,506,940
General Purpose Schools: $2,853,382
Debt Service: $608,098
Highways/Public Works: $140,330
General Capital Projects: $467,757

When asked about how much more money the county highway department is receiving from increases in state fuel tax allocations due to the IMPROVE ACT adopted by the legislature two years ago, County Mayor Stribling explained that the increase in funding for the department over a three year period was projected at $555,642 including $331,351 the first year and $112,145 this year and next year. The county highway department is totally funded by state fuel tax allocations except for a local mineral severance tax and revenues from three cents of the county property tax.

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